Komarr: A Miles Vorkosigan Adventure (Miles Vorkosigan Adventures) . The Emperor of Barrayar sends his newest imperial auditor, Lord Miles Vorkosigan, to find out why. Now, the solar mirror vital to the terraforming of the conquered planet has been shattered by a shi
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| Title | : | Komarr: A Miles Vorkosigan Adventure (Miles Vorkosigan Adventures) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.63 (835 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1433202581 |
| Format Type | : | Audio CD |
| Number of Pages | : | 0 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2004-05-01 |
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Editorial : Lois McMaster Bujold comes through again with another sharp Miles Vorkosigan novel. Komarr can be read as a standalone, though it is part of a whole series. (Komarr brings the total to 16 books!) Miles is a hugely popular character with fans--and they won't be disappointed with his latest adventure. The planet Komarr is undergoing centuries-long terraforming when one of the orbiting mirrors crucial to the effort is smashed by an off-course ship. Miles Vorkosigan is sent to Komarr to investigate the incident; once there, he becomes embroiled in political and scientific battles. To make matters worse, the name Vorkosigan is anathema on Komarr. But our intrepid hero can't be put down easily. While trying to save Komarr, he manages maybe to find true love at last! Bujold's original and intelligent blend of politics, science, and cliffhanging-good space opera makes this book a satisfying adventure and a charming romance. --Therese Littleton
Komarr could be a garden with a thousand more years' work, or an uninhabitable wasteland if the terraforming fails. Now, the solar mirror vital to the terraforming of the conquered planet has been shattered by a ship hurtling off course. The Emperor of Barrayar sends his newest imperial auditor, Lord Miles Vorkosigan, to find out why. The choice is not a popular one on Komarr, where a betrayal a generation before drenched the name of Vorkosigan in blood. Thus, the Komarrans surrounding Miles could be loyal subjects, potential hostages, innocent victims, or rebels ready for revenge. Lies within lies, treachery within treachery, Miles is caught in a race against time to stop a plot that could exile him from Barrayar forever. His burning hope lies in an unexpected ally, one with wounds as deep and honor as beleaguered as his own.
He is subsequently caught up in the Byzantine-like quagmire that passes for a criminal justice system in the Punjab. There bribes are expected at every step along the way, and everybody knows "a guy that had a cousin whose friend knew a guy in a government office where the uncle of a sister of an old school chum of a high level worker supposedly had power over the decisions made at the highest level of the Punjabi Police force," and all it will take is a few thousand rupees to get things moving.
The second story is the author's personal journey of a boy from a Christian family who is a Boy Scout and a championship marksman, who becomes a rebellious college student kicked out of Texas Christian University for starting an underground newspaper, and who gets drawn into a New Age spiritual group, complete with a charismatic, authoritarian leader, communal living, arranged marriages, and a doctrine that is a unique variation on the 500 year old Sikh religion.
Finally,
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